Foot-rest for piano-stools



3 YM A G N. I L R U B O (No Model.)

FOOT BEST-FOR PIANO STOOLS.

Patented July 10,1883.

I -T bwT UNITED STATES PATENT OFrIcE.

OLIVE R: BURLINGAME, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

FOOT-REST FoR PIANO-STOOLS.

SPECIFICATION forming part'of Letters Patent No. 280,907, dated July 10,1883,

Application filed June 15, 1882. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern..-

Be it known that I, OLIVE R. BURLINGAME, a citizen of the United States,residing in the city of Boston, county of Suffolk, and State ofMassachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inFoot-Rests for Piano- Stools, of which the following is a specification.

It will be understood that the ordinary piano-stool in common use isdesigned for a full-sized person of adult age, as a small child seatedupon such a stool has nothing to rest its feet upon, and thus steady thebody while practicing upon the piano. The effort to sit securely uponthe oval top of the stool causes an unnatural strain upon nearly everypart of the body, especially the spinal column. It is very fatiguing,and often a serious injury to children not naturally strong.Furthermore, if the child is not firmly seated, it cannot have thatperfect control of the hands and arms required for piano practice.Therefore the object of this invention is to combine a foot-rest withthe ordinary piano-stool, upon which rest the feet of the child may beplaced, and by which the body maybe held as steadily and easily as ifthe feet were placed upon the floor. I accomplish this purpose by themechanical device illustrated in the accompanyings, in which- Figure" 1is a sectional elevation taken on the dotted line A to B in Fig. 3. Fig.2 is an end section of this device, taken on the line 0 to D in Figs. 1and 3, enlarged to the full size. Fig. 3 is a sectional view of Fig. 1,taken on the dotted line E to F in Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a sectional view,showing the manner of adjusting the device beneath the seat of thepianostool, enlarged to full size. Fig. 5 is a developed plan of thestirrup, and Fig. 6 is a side view of the same. Figs. 5 and 6 areenlarged, but not to the full size.

In Fig. 1, a represents a simple form of a grooved angle-iron which iseasily inserted in the socket, as shown in Fig. 4.

The bolt 17 is firmly'secured in the grooved angle-iron a, and passesthrough the slotted slide or extension-piece o, and an ordinarythumb-nut, d, (either with or without awasher,

as the case may require) is placed thereon.

the two pieces are easily and firmly held to gether by the bolt 1) andthumb-nut d, and no side or lateral motion is possible.

At the bottom of the piece 0 the cross-bar f (best shown in Fig. 3)furnishes the means of adjusting the stirrups g g, and to which the samesaid stirrups are bolted, as shown in Fig. 3, which shows a section ofthe instep of the stirrup. Fig.- 5 shows a developed plan, and Fig. 6 aside view, of the stirrup. These stirrups may be forged, or castinsuitable metal, as may provethe most desirable. In Fig. 6 it will beobserved that the back part is formed to fit the heel of the shoe, theback being turned upward at 71 to prevent slipping backward, while theside pieces, 1', at the instep prevent the foot from slipping off at theside.

The bracket in Fig. 4 (represented with the broken section of apiano-stool, 1,) is in the usual form used for similar. purposes, and isreadily understood without further description.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination of the piano-stool Zwith the angle-iron a,extensioubar 0, stirrups g g, bolt 19, and nut r2, made, arranged, andoperating substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. A foot-rest for a pianostool, composed of the angle-iron a,extension-bar c, stirrups g g, adjusting-screw b, and thumb-nut d, madeand arranged substantially as set forth.

' 3. The combination of the stirrups g g, having guides h and i, allformed substantially as shown, with the bar '0 and angleiron a, made andadjusted substantially as specified.

oLIvE BURLINGAME.

Witnesses:

B. S. FISKE, Gno. H. MOORE.

